GSIAS Homecoming Day Dinner (part 2)

that's more like it. We had our tummy full and now it's talk over dinner time. 

But then, we would never have gotten into the gist of the party had we not talked about stuffs that mostly concern us....and... 

we would never have gotten into the bottom of our friendship, had we not used the best of this moment to ask others to join in...and take a group pic like this one. 

then..more and more friends came along to our table and ...

off we started or ended the party with a pic. 

Have a great winter vacation, my friends. see you around next year.

New semester to look forward to.

okay..though small in size, this water+tea plastic can was one of the door prizes that I got:-) ㅋㅋㅋ

A Visit to Ehwa Womans University: A Dine Meeting with My Colleagues

I did not go home as soon I touched down in Seoul from Boryeong, Daecheon beach. Instead, I rushed myself to Ehwa Womans University in Shinchon area. Well, when it comes to mentioning this mostly women-only campus^^, one cannot simply deny its utmost charm: no other than the green-roofed architecture built in a canyon-like construction. It's huge--I could assure you. I was like....dwarfed as I walked into the valley:)^!

It's designed by Dominique ...architecture, my associate informed me! (okay, I should've found it on Google). sure it'll pop up.^^ 

but..one thing for sure, there were lot of people, tourists ^^, yes tourists who deliberately flocked to this campus to see this multi-purpose underground building.  

But, that's not the purpose of my visit. 

I came to another building: it's Ehwa Language Center. 

I came to see the director of Korean Studies Dept., Prof. Lee Haiyoung whom I met several time years ago in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia.. yes..she finally learned that I AM in Korea. 

So, I got a tour into her campus and yes..I remembered how elegantly different Ehwa is now.  I think the last time I visited Ehwa was in 2004 back then...hmm..hardly remember when it was...

We had a dinner at a restaurant near campus. A specially catered restaurant that served a string of seemingly endless menu...to soothe my vegetarian appetite.

Thank you, Prof. Lee for having put such a consideration. 

Me, Korea Foundation's ms. Hwang, ms. Kim Hyunjin (ELC, Ehwa); Ms. Lee Haiyoung, and ms Ha, Jeehye (a lecturer at Yonsei Korean Language Institute).

Oh, ms Hwang will have her 2 or 3-year service in Gadjah Mada Universty as a Korea Foundation-dispatched officer. 

We talked a lot about our future mutual endeavors. A lot!